New Yorkers should not be denied a job because they have poor credit.
New Jersey Berries are here! Enjoy some simple recipes and selection tips to optimize the next 3 weeks of your local life.
This past Saturday the General Meade Society of Philadelphia (“Preserving the Memory of the Victor of Gettysburg”) ventured up to Green-Wood for a Civil War tour.
I knew that Abigail Hopper Gibbons and James Gibbons had been abolitionists who are interred at Green-Wood. I now know that their home was also part of the Underground Railroad.
There he was, for almost a decade, the security guard at Green-Wood’s main gates. He was Edward Watters, a native of Belize.
As the baseball season moves into full stride, it is a good time to remember Green-Wood’s permanent residents who played such a prominent role in the creation of the National Pastime.
Walgreen's aggressive promotion of candy sales conflicts with their message of concern for our health. It is damaging especially to children who are easily wooed by these promotions.
April 15, 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Here are some highlights from a recent tour of Green-Wood's Titanic-related sites.
A guest post about William Niblo, who owned Niblo’s Garden, the entertainment hot spot of New York in the mid-19th century.
It seems to me that we are about 10 days earlier with blooms this year than last. I took these photographs on March 28, 2012 – amazing color for so early
On Saturday, students from Shimoda, Japan, visited New York City, and Townsend Harris’s Green-Wood grave was a must-see. What is that all about?
The memories of the friend of a woman who died in the Park Slope plane crash of United flight 826 in 1960.
Student leaders at Ditmas engage in inaugural "L" Expo.
A visitor's original deed to a Green-Wood lot and two photographs of her interred ancestors.
Read about Green-Wood's recent acquisition of the landmarked Weir Greenhouse.
A musician native of Kensington discusses the changes in local music and the meaning of a "brooklyn band" throughout the past ten years.
Fitting fitness into motherhood at any stage
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